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Alabama State defenders, after allowing 561 rushing yards in their first two games, were going through full-contact tackling drills at Hornet Stadium.

"The first two weeks, we got a lot of criticism about not stopping the run," said Hornet cornerback Darius Knox. "So when we came back to practice, Coach was like, we're all we've got, so you've got to practice physical, play physical and play with speed." ...